Hotel Review: Schwarzer Adler, Kitzbuhel, Austria
This boutique, traditional hotel is rated at four stars but is clearly ripe for an upgrade. How many four star hotels have a Michelin starred restaurant, let alone a magnificent new spa complex hollowed out…
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Gerald Celente right on revolutions
Just a few months ago Trends forecaster Gerald Celente seemed almost off his head in talking about revolution and food riots. Today he is vindicated by events in Tunisia, Egypt and even Bahrain.
Get his…
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Financial markets incredibly complacent about Arab World unrest
It is as though past oil shocks never happened. It is as though thousands of rioters take to the streets in Bahrain every weekend. It is as though Egypt is now a safe and secure…
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48 hours in Kitzbuhel
Strongly touted by The National in the pre-season, Kitzbuhel is a fashionable choice for skiing this year. And yet ArabianMoney struggled to find any expatriates or nationals from the Gulf States.
It is hard not…
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Stocks fall, oil, gold, silver rise as Mideast unrest grows
In what may become the common theme of 2011 yesterday stocks fell while Brent Crude topped $104 and gold and silver headed back to their former highs of last year. The cause? More unrest in…
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Egypt still no positive for emerging market risk
When President Mubarak finally stood down last weekend the world and Egyptian mob celebrated. But the appointment of a military junta to replace him and suspension of civil rights has already left some wondering whether…
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Skiflation threatens to make skiing a sport for the old and rich
Two hundred euro ski passes and about the same for a decent pair of skis and boots. Welcome to the skiing season of 2011 in Austria.
Blame the economic recovery in Germany and the hard…
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How long will it take the UAE to turn its economy around?
For the past two years the United Arab Emirates has been a regional laggard in GDP growth, with a very large contraction of GDP in 2009 probably understated leaving the recovery last year also largely…
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The West might be lost but is the sun also setting on the East?
One of the headline grabbing book launches of the past month is How the West was Lost by the Western-educated, African-born economist Dambisa Moyo whose previous work Dead Aid criticising Western aid to the Third…
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Still plenty of mileage in the gold bubble
There is nothing like a price correction to challenge your faith in a long-term investment. Is the game up? Is it time to sell-out? To answer these questions gold and silver investors need to go…
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